Knowledge

subject knowledge is seen to be essential for effective teaching, Schulman, (1986,1987) Eraut,(1994), Turner-Bisset (2001).Throughout the processes of planning, assessment, differentiation or feedback, proficient subject knowledge is deemed vital. With the new National Curriculum, DfE.(2013) focusing strongly on the acquisition of knowledge, the need for teachers to sustain high levels of subject knowledge across the curriculum has never been more crucial. Demands on a teachers’ subject…

Knowledge is defined as the facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education . It is the state of being aware of something. Innate is defined as something that exists in one from birth. Soul, based on the Tripartite of the Human Person by Plato, is referred to as the beholder of reason or knowledge, and the seat of wisdom. It is the immaterial and immortal essence that controls our body and spirit. What is the relationship between our soul and knowledge? A…

does our knowledge stem from, what is the source of our inherit knowledge? How we come to know what we know? Has been argued and discussed in public areas or famous literal works. One of the earliest notable examples of literal works that offered an amenable answer to the millennium old question was written by Plato during the latter-end of his life, as prominent Athenian philosopher, his literally work reflected a time-period where the foundation of societal understanding and knowledge came…

that more and more knowledge comes to be accumulated. These knowledge get classified under different umbrella terms according to the elements of our world that they primarily deal with. Depending on which element of Academia they belong to, they naturally involve different manners of approach, understanding and outcomes. It is therefore inadvertent that different areas of knowledge (AOKs) will come to face distinctions between them so as to provide convenient glosses. Knowledge helps us gain…

elements of creativity in addition to moral judgment, factual judgment, and logical judgment. Thus, Carper presented four basic aspects of knowledge by analyzing the concept of nursing knowledge body and the structure of syntax. These four-fundamental patterns of knowing included: (1) Empirical knowledge (2) Esthetic knowledge (3) Personal knowledge (4) Ethical knowledge (Carper, 1978). Clinical Situation: 63 years old male patient presented ER with chief complaints of fatigue and dizziness. He…

is claiming that knowledge which we have through our senses is just opinion and in order to have real knowledge we must have through philosophical thinking.Again, Plato is differentiating people who believe is what they see and hear as knowledge and people who really sees and know the truth. The cave: In Plato’s article, the cave symbolises people who believe that knowledge comes from what we see and hear in the world which is empirical evidence that is senses or knowledge received from…

Looking at shared knowledge; it is derived from an individual’s personal knowledge. Therefore shared knowledge was first personal knowledge before it became shared knowledge. Shared knowledge is the knowledge that is available to everyone it is knowledge that “we” all know. Personal knowledge is knowledge that is personal to an individual it is knowledge that “I” know. History can only be counted as history because the knowledge of history is shared but if the individual’s knowledge didn’t make…

Knowledge is developed through much reading and being able to be a critical thinker. Every person who can think has a different definition of what knowledge is and how it is beneficial. Ignorance and knowledge both contradict each other very well in the book Fahrenheit 451. People learn more than any other way from their mistakes. It’s very important that people learn from them. Montag, the main characters in Fahrenheit 451, didn’t have much room to make mistakes. Their society in a whole…

determinants of the truth value. We therefore require an intrinsic connection to truth. If we accept that most intellectual virtues have truth as their ultimate end; then it follows that our disposition in arriving at true knowledge is truth-driven. Zagzebski defines knowledge as, “cognitive contact with reality arising out of acts of intellectual virtue.” Arriving to moral and intellectual virtues is based on circumstance and motivation. Virtues are properties that add to the characteristics of…

of pursuing knowledge. By interacting with various people, Socrates treats various people different but appropriately based on his observation and thoughts on their personalities. In this way, Socrates’ “examined life” is worth living, even though he is accused by the authorities in Athens and commit suicide at last. Similarly, the life of Oedipus confirms Socrates’ claim of “the unexamined life is not worth living”. From seeking…